2018-11-30 Nasjonal Jazzscene, Oslo w/ Maja Ratkje

Really, really curious about this thing tonight with Ratkje. I've not heard much of hers, but it seems to fit in really nicely with some of the more experimental early noise stuff with Deathprod. Hoping for some golden oldies tonight, Demon Box would be awesome!

This will be good. YouTube link wonderful and in great quality. Already enjoying Maja Ratkje, too bad the electricity is out in my block, hope it comes back so I can fire up the batteries before MP hits the stage.. 😬 And hope some tech wizard out there can capture the entire thing and add it to YouTube permanently 🤞

EDIT: By the way, anyone else notice a change in the vocal sound live during the last year or so? The vocals sound like they're processed in a different way, affecting the timbre of the vocals somewhat. I'm not gonna say autotune (:P), but to my ears there's a difference, at least.

I thought its just my small TV speakers - the sound comes directly of the mixing desk I assume, and as "Bent is loud" he is very low in the mix ... the people in front of him right now will have their blood cells twisted though

EDIT: Bent's introduction to Pacific Sonata: "Thanks to Rune for letting us in on the celebration. There's something in having a home. This is a song about a friend who almost lost his, three weeks ago. In Malibu."

I really like Lars' contributions, he brings a very wide palette of sounds into the mix. I liked Ståle Storløkken as well, but he's a bit more abrasive to my ears. And Reine should really stick to guitar.

Reine plays some cool stuff too, but yes, I also like Lars' contributions. It's also amazing how the Pacific Sonata has grown the past year. Lars' sound here is just perfect. They bring so much more out in it now than back then.

Well, true, Tomcat. I guess my impression of Reine on keys still suffers from when I recorded the Rockefeller gig on the 2014(?) tour. I hadn't heard K9 live before, iirc, and I was super excited for it, only to be less than satisfied by Reine's off-key theremin impressions.

And yes, the sonata has developed very nicely! I like the added power in the last part, where the lp version never really reaches full intensity or potential.